Axles for NG3?

[TurboFource]

Here ya go Gavin ....
RN-8049 only Renault ones I could find in stock here ... for a 83-84 Renault Alliance right side axles .. they were $49 each on RockAuto ...

cheap enough to hack up

[jbcollier]

Do they have holes for the retaining pins?  Do they line up?

[TurboFource]

JB,
They do have holes, I will try to see sometime this weekend how well they line up.

[jbcollier]

Thanks!

[TurboFource]

It looks like the pin holes are off about a hole diameter ... with a mill, edge finder, DRO, v-block and careful measuring you might be able to turn it 90 degrees and drill new holes exactly where you need them. I don't have these things and the holes would probably be off enough to involve the use of a Dremel tool and carbide burr anyway (or drill the hole oversize). So why not layout the needed position and elongate the existing holes with that Dremel Not an elegant solution but an effective one. And the hole even needs elongated in the direction that will keep things secured  You could seal things to keep the elements out ..

I am just glad to find splines that fit the output shafts Now the other end of the axles will be a new adventure for a later date as I have a Lotus to get running!!

[Kendo]

Were you planning to use a twin link? Then you wouldn’t need pins. You’d catch a case of shipwright’s disease though.

[TurboFource]

Kendo,
At some point I will ....

[TurboFource]

Got this adapter too … with some Toyota pattern ….

[jbcollier]

Those inner, tripod joints have no retainer other than the rubber boot.  The joints have to be retained on the shaft.

[dakazman]

  Great work Turbo, Keep posting your progress.
  Maybe for my next build though.
  Dakazman

[GavinT]

Cheers, Turbo.

Drat . . I don't think we got the Renault Alliance in Oz.
How are they for length? When going down this rabbit hole, I usually get hung up on the stock axle length and if it needs custom axles, it's invariably expensive. There seems to be lots of different VW axle lengths available at reasonable prices so I wonder of they might fit - 33 tooth spline?

[GavinT]

So why not layout the needed position and elongate the existing holes with that Dremel

Or...

Drill and ream the Alliance output flange holes to ~10mm (or your favourite imperial dimension) as long as it covers both holes.
Machine up a couple of press fit discs to suit the new holes.
Insert one disc and drill it from the opposite side using the output shaft as the drill guide bush.
Insert the second disc and drill it similarly - from the opposite side.
TIG zap the disc perimeters to the flange in a couple of places to retain.

Wouldn't that work?

[TurboFource]

Yes?

[TurboFource]

Gavin found this online …..

[kram350kram]

Prototype axle retention attempt without using a 3rd link. Revised this set up with a 300lbs spring under constant tension, same connection points.